San Francisco Symphony music director Esa-Pekka Salonen resigns
Citing creative differences with the orchestra’s board, the famed Finnish conductor and composer plans to leave when his contract expires at the end of the 2025 season.
Citing creative differences with the orchestra’s board, the famed Finnish conductor and composer plans to leave when his contract expires at the end of the 2025 season.
Maddy Ullman worked as an authenticity consultant on the Disney movie Wish.
Two adventurous musicians trace the history of their fruitful collaboration in a set of pieces both ferocious and beautiful.
It’s taken three years of planning and prep, but the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is heading to Europe this summer. In this podcast, WRR’s Kurt Rongey chats with Kim Noltemy, the DSO Ross Perot President & CEO, who gives details on tour dates, destinations, star soloists and works, including new pieces by Angelica Negron and Sophia... Read more »
In a recent conversation with WRR’s Kurt Rongey, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s President and CEO Keith Cerny gives a detailed overview of the 2024-25 FWSO season, including opera and dance on stage, a major work by Jake Heggie, plus more about soloists, guest conductors and their chamber music series at the Kimbell.
Music can shift, uplift or even subvert a scene. This week on 8 Tracks, we play music supervisor, imagining songs by Kamasi Washington and Carin León on the big screen.
In this interview, WRR’s Kurt Rongey and Ian Derrer, The Dallas Opera’s Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO, go in-depth about the 2024-25 productions, singers, guest conductors, and special TITAS recital with Christian Gerhaher and family operas.Photo credit: Kyle Flubacker
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Grammy-winning baritone Will Liverman about his latest album — Show Me The Way — honoring women in classical music, past and present.
Skip the road trip this spring break and check out one of these fun events close to home.
For centuries, people have viewed solar eclipses with alarm. Now we rent cruises and rooftops to see them.
“I think my favorite thing, being a Dallas Symphony musician, is seeing the Meyerson lobby on that day filled with animals,” says Erin Hannigan, Principal Oboe for the DSO, referencing Artists for Animals’ annual benefit concert for shelter animals. In this feature with WRR’s Amy Bishop, you’ll hear more about the organization’s mission, history, and... Read more »
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